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Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps"Angelina and Alice's Big Night/Angelina and the Giant"
Angelina is excited about performing in a recital with her class at Camembert and wants Alice to attend as her special guest - but Alice has an ice skating event at the ice rink on the very same night, and she wants Angelina to come to her performance as her special guest! Angelina and Alice have been given the task of designing the giant prop for Jackie and the Beanstalk. Angelina gets a bit carried away trying to make the biggest and best prop ever.G

8:00 am

Bob the Builder"Take Your Time!"
Whizzy Dizzy - The team is building a new workshop for Bob, and Dizzy decides to show him she is the fastest machine on the job! As Bob and Wendy clear out the old workshop, Bob finds some things that are precious to him! Whizzing around to prove her speedy usefulness, Dizzy spills paint on the ground - and concrete into the tin of Grandpa Billy's tools! Then she quickly speeds off to recycle Bob's old frame! But when she returns, she discovers that not only has she set Grandpa Billy's tools into concrete; she's also thrown away Bob's precious frame! Dizzy has an idea to make up for the mistakes she's made. Wendy helps to mount the concreted tools in the rescued frame, and hang it over the door of the new workshop. When Bob sees his new sign, he's over the moon! Travis' New Garage - The team has a big job today, building Travis a surprise garage. D

8:30 am

Franny's Feet"Monkey Stuff/Small Is Beautiful"
A) Franny lands in the jungle, where she meets Morrison, an energetic monkey who's afraid to climb trees. Franny tries to help Morrison overcome his fear, but it isn't until his pal, a little wild pig, gets into danger, that Morrison finds his inner courage. In Franny's Treasures, viewers learn about particular physical features that help animals climb trees. D

9:00 am

Thomas & Friends"Fun on the Farm"
Thomas Toots the Crows - Farmer McColl is having trouble keeping crows from eating his seed. Thomas offers to use his whistle to scare them away. Soon, Thomas finds himself puffing all over the island chasing crows. D

9:30 am

Dialogue"Reporters' Roundup 4/26/2012"
State revenue is up. Superintendent Tom Luna is on the road selling his ideas of computers in the classroom. Universities received tuition increases and the May primary is just a couple weeks away. This week on Dialogue, host Joan Cartan-Hansen leads a lively discussion about the state's top news stories on this month's Reporter Round up. Cartan-Hansen's guests this week are Jesse Bonner, a reporter with the Associated Press, Dan Popkey, political reporter for the Idaho Statesman and Brandon Macz, a reporter at the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Greg Hahn, host of Idaho Reports will also join the panel.G

Closer to Truth"Are Brains and Mind The Same Thing?"
If mind and brain are the same thing, then the physical world is likely all that exists. But if mind and brain are not the same thing, then what? Could reality go beyond the physical?. D

Hometime"Screen Porch Highlights"
Dean and Miriam talk about roofing, railings and a realistic gas fireplace during the construction of a screen porch. D

2:00 pm

Woodsmith Shop"Weekend Project - Candle Centerpiece"
Great looking projects don't have to be difficult to build. Learn the secrets to turning a few hours of time and a few pieces of wood into an elegant centerpiece that will light up any room.G

2:30 pm

This Old House"Bedford Project - Part 4 of 16"
Host Kevin O'Connor arrives to find the floor and walls of the new entry addition framed up, and general contractor Tom Silva getting ready to create the connection to the main house. He lends a hand as they frame up the new roof that will overlay the existing roof. Mason Mark McCullough returns to repair the exterior chimney that was cut away to make way for the new family room addition. D

Growing a Greener World"The Power of Worms; Natures Miracle for Healthy Gardens"
Worms are an important ingredient of the soil and the compost pile. In the ground, an earthworm ploughs the soil, fights plant diseases, reduces pollution and turns ordinary dirt into fertile land. But in the compost pile, worms can steal the show. D

4:00 pm

Moyers & Company"Big Money, Big Media, Big Trouble"
Big money and big media have coupled to create a 'Disney World' of democracy in which TV shows, televised debates, even news coverage is being dumbed down, just as the volume is being turned up. The result is a public certainly more entertained, but less informed and personally involved than they should be, says Marty Kaplan, director of USC's Norman Lear Center and an entertainment industry veteran. This weekend on Moyers & Company, Bill Moyers talks with Kaplan about how taking news out of the journalism box and placing it in the entertainment box is hurting democracy and allowing special interest groups to manipulate the system. D

5:00 pm

William and Mary
Kate has to wait for her university results because of a postal strike. Billy-Two-Hats, a postman, hand-delivers her letter but it is not the news she has been waiting for.G

6:00 pm

NOVA"Secrets of the Sun"
With new spacecraft and Earth-based telescopes, scientists are seeing new ways to analyze the sun, even re-creating in labs what happens at its very core. Their work is helping to understand aspects of the sun that have puzzled scientists for decades.G

7:00 pm

Outdoor Idaho"Birders, Banders & Binoculars"
They can be fierce predators and some of the gentlest of creatures. Some are rare, others are quite common; but they all have the power to bewitch and bedazzle. Birds live in a world that for us is the stuff of dreams and wonder. We take to the field to celebrate birds and the people who study, care for, and watch them.G

7:30 pm

Oregon Field Guide"Bighorn Release, Photogeology, Willamette Valley Fen"
This follow-up on 60 years of bighorn restoration in historic sheep country near the John Day Fossil Beds finds one group of rams who took a wrong turn. A tour of Jordon Craters and Leslie Gulch exposes the wonders of Oregon geology.G

8:00 pm

Finding Your Roots"Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons"
Each member of the trio has climbed to a professional pinnacle from a childhood in the Jim Crow South. DNA testing helps investigate family mysteries. Part 7 of 10G

9:00 pm

Masterpiece Classic"Birdsong, Part 2"
Stephen and his men go over the top in one of the bloodiest battles ever recorded, the Battle of the Somme. The big operation is portended in one of Stephen's reveries of a bucolic boating party with Isabelle and her family down a languid French river, which a sign identifies as the Somme. Part 2 of 2G

10:30 pm

New Tricks"Lost In Translation"
New DNA tests are conducted on charred remains of an unidentified male corpse discovered in a forest in 1996. The results reveal a family link to a Home Office fingerprint analyst who is an Albanian refugee. Team members are drawn into a world of immigration loopholes, Albanian gangs and family feuds.G

11:30 pm

Michael Graves: The Warehouse
The architect and designer opens the door to his private home in Princeton, New Jersey, which serves a a showpiece for Graves' interests and influences. The once derelict warehouse is now a living space, marrying the structure's original 1920s artisanal design with his personal touches. His private tour includes his cherished collections.G